Important Upcoming Dates
1/19 - Principal's Advisory Council / Culver's Night
1/20 - Last Day of 1st Semester
1/22 - Butler Night at Skateland Waukesha (See Butler Pack link below)
1/23 - NO SCHOOL / Staff Development
1/26 - Family Trivia Night at Butler (See Butler Pack link below)
2/1 - Yearbook Orders Due (More info below)
High School Counselors will be at Butler for classroom presentations about course requests for High School on Thursday, January 19. Students will bring home course request sheets. The request forms are due January 27th.
Attention 7th Grade Parents:
All 7th graders will meet with counselors in the Auditorium for a presentation about course requests for 8th grade on Tuesday, January 17. Students will bring home elective course descriptions and request sheets. The request forms are due February 3rd.
Attention 6th Grade Parents:
All 6th graders will meet with counselors in the Auditorium for a presentation about course requests for 7th grade on Tuesday, January 17. Students will bring home elective course descriptions and request sheets. The request forms are due February 3rd.
First View security codes are available in your Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
In continued partnership with our transportation provider, First Student, The School District Waukesha has launched FirstView®, a bus tracking and parent communications app for your smartphone or desktop.
Live Tracking
Predictive Stop Arrival Times
Custom Alerts and Messages
Multi-Stop View
Additional User Notifications - Connect up to three additional email accounts to receive email alerts. This is a great feature for grandparents or caregivers!
Secure and Easy Access
Dedicated Customer Support: Contact FirstView® Monday – Friday by:
Calling the toll-free phone number 888-889-8920 from 7:00 a.m. EST to 5:00 p.m. EST;
Emailing Customer Support at support@firstviewapp.com;
or Using the in-app “!” button to provide feedback.
Getting Started
Helpful Information
Library Quarterly Update
Middle school students may keep library books for three weeks. Books checked out for class, may be checked out longer. Throughout the year, overdue notices are emailed to students and families. Library books and language arts novels are included on that overdue list. Please encourage your student to return any overdue books.
Email Communication
As shared in Fall, the School District of Waukesha sends an email communication to the parent/guardian with information about checked out material. This communication is sent daily until the materials are returned to the library. As part of the student registration process families were notified of the communication and provided with the option to opt out of the communication. At any time, parents/guardians of students up to 8th grade can change their opt out status, by using this link.
New this winter, parents/guardians of students in grades 9-11 can opt in and receive a daily communication regarding what books their child has checked out. Have your students identification number and use this link to start getting daily notifications!
Below are a few questions to ask the student about what they are reading:
Tell me about the main character/favorite character in the book you are reading.
What genre is your book and why did you choose that book?
What is the process you take when selecting library materials?
Book Preferences Noted
Parents/Guardians can contact the Library Media Specialist to discuss topics of concern they wish to be noted in our Library system, Destiny. For example, if a child is triggered by ghosts, a note can be made in Destiny that alerts the person checking out the book to the student. For this example a note may say, “Parents request no books on ghosts.” This note will be seen when a child is checking out any physical material. Again, please be sure to opt in to the email communication to monitor what materials are being checked out by your student.
Library staff work with teachers to offer age-appropriate content to all students in the library. However, if a parent/guardian has concerns with the age appropriate content their student has access to, they should contact the school librarian to make note of this in the library system.
We look forward to engaging all readers. Our Library Media Specialist is Kate McIlheran she can be contacted via email at kmcilheran@waukesha.k12.wi.us and by phone by 262-970-3004.
Yearbook
Orders are due by Wednesday, February 1st.
Yearbooks can be purchased for $22.00:
- On Infinite Campus (Parent Portal) and selecting optional fees and then yearbook.
- Bring cash or check made payable to Butler Middle School to Mrs. Motl in the main office.
